Held by Chinese Brigands
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Gilson Charles. Held by Chinese Brigands
CHAPTER I-HOW HENNESSY K. WALDRON "TRIPPED AROUND"
CHAPTER II-OF AH WU'S OPIUM DEN
CHAPTER III-OF THE TIGER AND THE FOXES
CHAPTER IV-HOW CHEONG-CHAU CAME FORTH OF THE TOWN OF PINGLO
CHAPTER V-HOW CHEONG-CHAU STRUCK AT DEAD OF NIGHT
CHAPTER VI-HOW CHEONG-CHAU STATED HIS TERMS
CHAPTER VII-HOW THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN
CHAPTER VIII-AND HOW FRANK RESOLVED TO FOLLOW IT
CHAPTER IX-OF THE HOSPITALITY OF THE TEA-GROWER
CHAPTER X-HOW FRANK WAS IN LUCK'S WAY
CHAPTER XI-OF THE REAPPEARANCE OF LING
CHAPTER XII-HOW MEN-CHING ESCAPED
CHAPTER XIII-HOW FRANK WAS CAUGHT IN THE TOILS
CHAPTER XIV-HOW LING SNUFFED THE CANDLE
CHAPTER XV-OF CHEONG-CHAU'S MESSENGER
CHAPTER XVI-OF THE REPENTANCE OF YUNG HOW
CHAPTER XVII-HOW LING WAS TOO LATE
CHAPTER XVIII-OF THE SPIDER AND THE WEB
CHAPTER XIX-HOW LING READ CONFUCIUS
CHAPTER XX-HOW THE TIGER SPRANG
CHAPTER XXI-OF THE GLADE OF CHILDREN'S TEARS
CHAPTER XXII-OF THE CAPTURE OF THE JUNK
CHAPTER XXIII-HOW THE TREASURE ARRIVED
CHAPTER XXIV-HOW THE TIGER VANISHED IN THIN AIR
CHAPTER XXV-AND HOW CHEONG-CHAU VANISHED ALTOGETHER
CHAPTER XXVI-OF GREED OF GOLD
CHAPTER XXVII-HOW LING DRIFTED TO THE STARS
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The small river-launch steamed away from the narrow creek which divides Canton city from the island of Shamien. The Chinaman at the wheel navigated the little craft into the very midst of the clustered shipping, the mass of junks and river-boats that thronged the entrance to the creek. Her prow cutting the water in a long, arrow-shaped, feathery wave, the launch gained the fairway of the main river, and thence worked up-stream. Seated in a comfortable chair in the bows, a cigar in his mouth and a pair of field-glasses in his hand, was Mr Hennessy K. Waldron, of Paradise City, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sir Thomas Armitage drew a basket-chair into the shade afforded by an awning. There he produced his spectacles and, opening a book, settled himself to read. His nephew, with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up, was occupied with an oil-bottle in the little engine-room.
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"Tell me," asked Yung How, "do you ever see anything of Cheong-Chau, the robber?"
"He himself," said Ah Wu, "comes often to Canton. He invariably stays here. He is a great smoker. He smokes opium by day and walks abroad by night. He will not show himself in the streets by daylight, in case he should be recognised by the soldiers of the Viceroy."
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